The 2015 Video Game Awards Results

So I didn't watch this year's video game awards for 2 reasons. 1, after last year's god awful production/farce, I sincerely thought that it had died and that we would never be seeing it again and 2, because Geoff Keighley.  First let's get the results out of the way so that we can move on to a deeper topic concerning the game awards in and of themselves:

BEST FAMILY GAME
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo EAD Group No. 4/Nintendo)

BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat X (NetherRealm Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo)

BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME
Lara Croft Go (Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix) (what?!?)

ESPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
OpTic Gaming (who?!?)

ESPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kenny "KennyS" Schrub (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive/Team EnVyUs) (who?!?)

ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

BEST NARRATIVE
Her Story (Sam Barlow) (what?!?)

TRENDING GAMER
Greg Miller (who?!?)

BEST INDIE GAME
Rocket League (Psyonix)

BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
Rocket League (Psyonix)

GAMES FOR IMPACT (what?!?)
Life is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix)

BEST FAN CREATION
Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)

DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
CD Projekt Red (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)

BEST ART DIRECTION
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios) (what!?!)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions/Konami)

BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Ludvig Forssell, Justin Burnett, Daniel James/Kojima Productions)

BEST PERFORMANCE
Viva Seifert (Her Story) (who and what?!?)

GAME OF THE YEAR
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

BEST SHOOTER
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo)

So half of those games and people I had no idea who or what they were, but now we can actually talk about the game awards.  One of the reasons I had no real desire to watch the video game awards this year was the fact that Geoff Keighley is a screwhead who doesn't know the first thing about video gaming, geek culture, or anything of that sort as he so often claims he does.  He may dabble here and there in the video game industry, but for the most part he is just another Hollywood celebrity who makes money off of the video game branding rather than truly be a figurehead, which in all honesty is the only way to move up in the world in this day in age so good on you Geoff Keighley for making the most out of your wolf-in-sheep's-clothing-ness.

The biggest reason that I didn't watch the video game awards is because in the past, the show has been nothing but utter donkey shiesse.  It basically trashed what credibility the video game industry had as it is trying to build its credibility in order to be a relevant form of medium in the eyes of the general public.  The video game awards have basically openly mocked the video game industry for years now, and with Geoff Keighley behind the helm, I have zero faith in this so-called 'celebration' of video gaming.  What we need is the equivalent of the Oscar's, but nothing as stupid as WWE's Slammy's.  Do that Geoff Keighley, and then we'll talk (also, less emphasis on E-sports for the love of god).